Belt buckle



ec. 22, 19.36. l. A. wx-:lDHoRN 2,065,202

BELT BUCKLE Filed May 25, 1935 Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNl'iED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application May 25,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices and has particular reference to a belt buckle.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved buckle of practical and economical construction wherein a simple and effective means is utilized for the adjustable and secure attachment of a belt thereto in a manner which will enable said belt to be readily and quickly detached and another belt substituted therefor.

Another and more specic object is to attach a belt to a buckle by extending an end of the belt beneath two spaced securing strips on said buckle, looping said end about one of said strips, and then passing said end between the strips and beneath the other of them.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a belt and buckle construction therefor embodying the features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged inside or rear elevation of the buckle shown in Figure 1, illustrating the manner of attaching a belt to one portion of said buckle.

Figure. 3 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of another form of buckle, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Referring more particularly to Figures l to 3, there is shown a belt 6 which may be made of any suitable material and the ends of which are adapted to be detachably secured to the complemental portions I and 8 of the belt buckle, which are interconnected by the hook I and eye 9 suitably secured to the respective portions.

As shown, each of the portions 'I and 8 is of octagonal formation in outline and comprises the front and rear sections II and I2 the latter of which is of slightly smaller dimension so as to be nested within the front or outer section I I. Preferably each portion of the buckle is provided with a fabric covering I3 of any suitable material which is applied to said portion by stretching the same over the outer section I I and inturning the edges of said covering, as indicated at I4, so as to bind said edges between the flanges of the sections II and I2 when the same are nested, thus retaining said covering in position.

1935, Serial N0. 23,432

To provide for the attachment of an end of the belt to each of the portions of the buckle, the inner section I2 of each portion, which is preferably made of sheet metal, has struck therefrom adjacent one of its edges two spaced parallel securing strips I and I6 of a length substantially equal to the width of the belt 6 and spaced from the section I2 except at the ends of the strips where they join the section. Preferably the strips I5 and I6 are offset from the plane of the section I2 a distance substantially equal to a double thickness of the belt 6. With this arrangement, when it is desired to detachably secure the ends of the belt 6 to the portions I and 8, each end is rst extended beneath the strips I 6, I5 and is then looped around the strip I5, after which said end is passed between said strips and beneath the strip I6. The belt, by being thus looped about the strip I5 and doubled upon itself beneath the strip I6, will frictionally engage said strips and the adjacent surface 0f the section I2 and will be retained against slipping relative thereto so that after the ends of the belt have been properly adjusted to secure the desired length of belt to extend about the waist of the wearer, said length will at all times be maintained constant. The securing means herein disclosed, also enables the ends of the belt to be readily detached from the portions 'I and 8 so that the belt may be replaced whenever desired.

In Figures 4 and 5 there is shown a single-piece buckle also made from sheet metal and comprising the outer and inner sections I'I and I8 of Octagonal configuration, the outer section I 'I being in the form of the blockletter O with a central opening I9 therein. The edges of the sections II and I8 are flanged and the latter section is designed to be nested within the former. The outer edge lof a fabric covering 20 for the outer section I'I is secured thereto in the same manner as described in connection with the covering I3 while the inner edge of said covering 20 extends into the opening I9 as indicated at 2I in Figure 5. In order that the opening I9 may be closed in the finished buckle so as to render invisible the central portion of the section I8, an additional plate or section 22 is inserted into said opening with the flanged edge 23 thereof extended beneath the inner edge of the section II. A fabric covering 24 is laid over the section 20 and its edge 25 is also extended beneath the inner edge of the section I'I and engaged with the inner edge 2| of the covering 2D.

The section I8 of the buckle is provided with two spaced strips 26 and 2'I struck from the sec- 55 tion in the same manner as the strips I5 and I6 so that one end of a belt may be detachably secured to said strips as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 5. In the single buckle being described the section I8 also has struck therefroma hook 28 in lieu of a second pair of securing strips. This hook 28 is adapted to be passed through an eye member 29 secured to the opposite end of the belt from that which is attached to the strips 26, 21 so that the belt may be extended about the waist and secured in position. What is claimed is:

In combination, a belt buckle comprising :a body Y concealed by said front section when the buckle 10 is in operative position.

ISIDORE A. WEIDHORN. 

